Axle-stand



J. H. STALEY.

AXLE STAND.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 24. 1919.

r 1, 350, 1 l 9. Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH H. STALEY, OF COLUMBUS, INDIANA.

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To all whom t may concern Y Be it known that I, JosnPH H. STALEY, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Columbus, in the county of Bartholomew and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Axle-Stand, of which the following is the specification.

Automobile and truck-axles are exceedingly inconvenient, clumsy things to work with, and usually, when undergoing construction or repair,the work is done on two trestles, upon a box, or on the floor. The mechanic loses a large part of his time in `gettingthe axle positioned where he can' dismantle'it at all and after that, it is necessary to constantly change the position, and to lift and drag the axle on the floor. All of this is time-wasting, back-breaking, and conducive to poor workmanship. The conditions, also, are such that dirt, small pieces of iron, and otherA foreign particles, get in while the housings are open, and remain in the assembly when the axle is rebuilt, to play havoc with the gears and yother wearing parts. The front and rear axles differ in shape, and there is diversity also in the type of rear axle for. different makes of machines.

The'object of this invention is to provide a stand that can be adjusted to fit any and all sizes and types of axles, both front, and rear, and. support them at a convenient height to work on; so the axle maybe torn down, whether semi-floating, three-quarters, or full floating construction without unclamping it from the stand; and with a hinged support on one end of the axle to drop down for the removal of a housingmember on that end, when necessary, without unclamping the other end.

The object, also, is to provide a device which will catch the old oil and grease so it will notbe dripped and smeared around the shop and on the clothes of the mechanic, 'and toprovide a place where the operator may keep the tools he is working with conveniently at hand. l

l accomplish the above, and other objects which will hereinafter appear, by the mecha.

nism illustrated in the a ccompanyingk draw- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

Application filed November 24, 1919. Serial No. 340,375.

ing, in which like characters of reference indicate like part-s. I

Figure 1 is a peispective view of my invention with an axle clamped to it.

F ig. 2 is a side elevation of the invention and Figs. 3, 4, and 5, are details in perspective of the axle supports.

The. two rvertical members 6, 6, of the stand are preferably formed, as shown, from channel steel, with the flanges turned outwardly, or away from each other. Angle bars 7, T, are riveted to the inside lower end's of the members 6, 6, to increase the footing, and, also to provide means, through holes in the horizontal flanges, for bolting the stand to the floor, when desired.

At a distance from the floor to bring it Within convenient reach of the operator is a transverse channel-member S, supported from members 6, 6, by angle-bals 9, 9. This channel member 8 forms a tool-box of which the flanges are the sides. It also helps to hold the vertical members in upright position, and the structure is further maintained by the diagonal braces 10.

Parallel to channel-member 8, but near the upper ends of the vertical members 6, to which they are fastened, are angle-bars 11, 11 which brace and strengthen the stand, but also form supports for a removable pan 1Q, held thus in convenient position to catch the old oil, and grease contained in the differential and axle-housing, and which escapes when the housings are opened to reach the inside mechanism.

Pivotably secured between the two vertical flanges of one of the members 6, is a bar 13, having a pair of standards 14, 14, each terminating with vise aws 15, having sharply corrugated, V-shaped, upper portions adapted to grip an axle or housing laid thereon. As the angular relation between the axle and housing variesin their different types, I make the vise-jaws conform by raising or lowering the outer end of bar 13, about its pivot, and the right adjustment is held by a brace 16, pivotcd at one end to the outer end of bar 13, and secured to one of the vertical flanges .of adjacent member 6,

by a bolt 17, A slot 18, yin the flange,

through which the bolt upasses Vprovides means for raising or lowering the bolt 17, thereby to raise or lower the end of barv 13. 1

A chainV 19, is wrapped around the axle, or housed axle, as the casemay be, and

fastens the latter securely and rigidly to bar 13. It cannot rotate or slip because of the corrugated teeth of the vise-j aws. The chain is fastened to the screw-threaded eyebolt 30, and to the lugs 31. By tightening Wheel 32 against bottom of bar 13 the chain is tightened. Y *i The opposite stand member 6, has a support 20, terminatingpat its upper end with a V-shaped toothed jaw 15, retained by pivot 22 between the vertical iianges of said meml Y ber, at ak suiiicient distance below the upper end of the latter for the insertion of a removable pin `23 through the flange into the support.

Whenit is desired to swing theqsupport 2() down out of the way when 'separating a semi-floating axle it Vmay be unlocked by removing-pin 23, and dropped down so as to `allow one housing to be readily removed.

.calslots in the latter adord adjustment for Vthe bolts.`

Various changes can be made in my invention in unimportant details such as means for holding the adjustments of the vise bar, propeller supporting frame, and chain for Jfastening the axle to the visejaws, and the like, and I do not desire to be limited, any more than is required by the appended claims.

What I claim as newv andv wish to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. In an axle-stand, a body-portion, a member having a pair of jaws at dierent distances from said body-portion, means for adjusting said member to vary the relative horizontal positions of the jaws to fit'the taper of the axle-housing, and an additional axle-support attached to said body-portion. 2. In an axle-stand, a' body-portion, a

vmember having a pair of jaws at different distances from said body-portion said member pivoted at one end to the side of the body-portion, means for raising or lowering the outer end of said member to vary the relative horizontal position of the jaws, and an additional axle-support attached to the opposite side of said lbody-portion from said first-member, said last support being removable for dismembering an axle-housing.

3. In anraXle-stand, a body-portion, a bar pivoted at one end to said body-portion having a pair of superimposed vise-jaws at different distances 'from the pivoted end of the bar, means for varying the height of the outer end of the bar, a second vise-member pivoted `to the opposite side of the bodyportion from therbar to support the axle in a raised position v'and to avoid interference with the dismembering of the axle when lowered, and means for holding the secondj aw member in its raised position.

4. In an axle-stand, a body-portion, a bar pivoted at one end to said body-portion having a pair of superimposed vise-j aws at different distances from the pivoted end of the bar, means for varying the height V'of the outer end of the bar, a second vise-member pivoted to the opposite'side of the bodyportion from the bar to support the axle inra raised position and to avoid interference with the dismembering of the axle when lowered, means for holding the second jaw member in its raised position,-and a vpropeller-shaft support laterally of the plane of the vise-members.

5. In an axle-stand, a body-portion, a bar pivoted at one end to saidbody-portion having a pair of superimposed vise-j aws at different distances from the pivoted endl of the bar, means for varying `the height of the'outer end of the bar, a second vise-member pivoted to the opposite side of the bodyportion' from the bar to support the axle in a raised position, and to avoid interference with the dismembering of the axle when lowered, means for holding the second jaw member in its raised position, a propeller-shaft support laterally of the plane of thev vise-members, and means for varying the height of said last support.

" 6. In an aXle-stand, a body-portion, comprising- `a pair of vertical channel-bars hav- Ying a tool-box between' the, bars, and an oil pan also between the bars., above the pan, a bar pivoted at one end to the body-portion between the flanges of one of the channel bars,one of said flanges having a vertical slot, a diagonal brace pivoted at one end to the outer end of said bar and secured at its other end to the slotted flange by a bolt throughpsaid slot, said bar'having a pair of vise-jaws at different distances on the bar from the body portion, a second vise-jaw pivoted to the opposite one of said vertical channel-bars, means for locking it in a verticalV position, a third support laterally of the', other two pivoted tothe 'bodythe height of the third support.

'portiomand adjustable braces to regulate 125 7 In an axle-stand, a body-portion, an axle support on one side of the body-portion adjustable to fit the taper of different axle housings, means in conjunction therewith capable of holding the axle immovably, and an additional axle-support attached to the opposite side of the body-portion adapted to be changed in position to avoid interference in dismantling the axlehousing.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Columbus, Indiana, this 18th day of November, 1919. V

JOSEPH H. STALEY. 

